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Arizona > Havasu Half Marathon & 5K
Lake Havasu
City, AZ
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Date
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Event
Details
Run along the shores of the same Lake Havasu from which the city gets
its name, the Havasu Half Marathon & 5K expects to welcome an
estimated 1,500 runners for both races combined at its spring 2009
running, which features its starting line in the
shadows of the world-famous London Bridge.
Purchased from the city of
London in the late 1960s when the then-bridge was due to be replaced,
Lake Havasu's city officials had it disassembled, shipped to the U.S.
and re-assembled on the shores of Lake Havasu, to provide a tourist
attraction for a city that was then just beginning to build the homes
and neighborhoods that we know today as the city of Lake Havasu.
Like most of the rest of Arizona, and much of the southwestern United
States, the course for the race is largely fast and flat, with a few
rolling hills thrown in. From the starting line at London Bridge Beach
on the shores of Lake Havasu, near the London Bridge Resort, runners
follow an out-and-back course that takes them along the peninsula-like
Havasu Island for the race's first four miles.
Through this part of the
route, runners will pass the green, scenic fairways of the Havasu
Island Golf Course as they make their way through the island's loop
road back toward the London Bridge for the remainder of the run, the
roughly nine-mile stretch of the course that takes them along and
up-and-back route along the lakeshore.
Once runners hit the turnaround point just past the Neptune Wash
waterway, they begin making their way back toward the London Bridge and
the shops at Lake Havasu, where there will be a post-race party and
race medals for all half-marathon participants who cross the finish
line. Organizers require all entrants to be able to complete the race's
13.1 miles within four hours of the official starting time of 7:30 AM.
Those running the 5K start their race at 7:45 AM.
Race
Weather & Climate
Nestled along the Arizona-California border in the westernmost part of
the state and within a couple hours' drive of California's Joshua Tree
National Park and Mojave National Preserve, Lake Havasu City
experiences the kind of weather that the southwestern, desert areas of
the country are famous for -- dry weather virtually year-round, with
sunny, very hot summers and cooler and much milder winter seasons. In
April, the city's average monthly temperatures range between
85°F and 59°F, while rainfall amounts average about
0.21 inches for the month.
Fees
Half Marathon:
$45 if registered by June 30, 2009
$55 between July 1 - September 30
$60 between October 1 - December 31
$65 between January 1 - March 31, 2010
$80 between April 1 - 10
5K:
$25 if registered by June 30, 2009
$30 between July 1 - September 30
$35 between October 1 - December 31
$40 between January 1 - March 31, 2010
$50 between April 1 - 10
Registration
To reserve your spot in the spring 2010 running of Arizona's Havasu
Half Marathon or 5K, register
online at Active.com.
Website
www.havasuhalf.com
Course
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